I submit to you, wife’s hard boiled eggs

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__Vyce@reddit

Shes doesnt like the white and the salt os white enough

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mareksoon@reddit

Kenji’s method, along with the data to back it up:

https://youtu.be/hb0Elaa6gxY

Everyone has their secret, and I’ve tried them all: cold start, ice bath, pricking, vinegar, steaming, pressure cooking, baking, new eggs, old eggs.

NOTHING has produced consistent easily peeling (I’d say 98% of the time) than Kenji’s hot start. In fact, the cold start, as Kenji explains, which I had been doing for years, seems practically guaranteed to bond the membrane to shell and egg.

… and wait until to learn cracking eggs on a flat surface isn’t the best method, either. :-)

https://youtu.be/8EN8leHe0uY

I only post these for those of you who have tried all the tricks and are still having trouble. Give this a try. I did and I’ve been amazed at the results. I don’t even need an ice bath, just stop the cooking by pouring out the hot water and running cold tap water over them until cool enough to handle.

Those of you who find the other methods, keep doing what works for you.

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AtlasHands_@reddit

Every single time I cold start, my eggs are fucked. Tried a hot start once (nothing else special) and they were SO PERFECT IT BLEW MY MIND. Also it takes my water 45 min to heat up with cold eggs in it. By the time the water boils, they've been cooked for a long time! I always thought that was pretty silly.

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mareksoon@reddit

Right!

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seaniqua42@reddit

Seconding this. Any time someone else is hard boiling eggs for egg salad or whatever I have to stop myself from telling them they're doing it wrong. Kenji is always right!

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Wubdeez@reddit

I just started doing this, and as usual he's right!

Never overcooked, easy peel. I feel like I was misled by the cold water method for so long!

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TrainingFilm4296@reddit

Thank you for this. I don't boil eggs super often, but enough that the peeling was starting to get frustrating. I've always done the cold start method.

I'll definitely be trying Kenji's method next time, which I'm sure is far superior, if his other content is any indicator.

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Ok_Push3020@reddit

I found that store bought eggs are "easier" to boil than my fresh free roaming chicken eggs.

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niblot1@reddit

That could be a freshness thing, store bought eggs are normally older than your fresh eggs so fill the shell more, as eggs age you start to get an air gap which is why older eggs float and very fresh eggs lie flat in water.

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Connect_Cap_8548@reddit

Run fast and far. You will not eat them. They will eat you.

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thrasherdarrell@reddit

Boil water with salt and vinegar, drop eggs in with spoon. Cook to desired temp then remove with slotted spoon directly into ice water. Then crack with spoon.

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AdProfessional6153@reddit

Where’d the other half of the egg go?

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LEONTIVS_XXXIII@reddit

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arthurdentstowels@reddit

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What are these, eggs for ants?

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brasticstack@reddit

Did she drop them in while boiling? The right egg looks like it cracked and leaked its white out. I find that lowering them in one at a time works best. It'd be far easier/faster if I owned one of those open wire fryer scoop thingies.

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MyNameIsSkittles@reddit

Better yet: put the eggs in cold water and bring to a boil with the eggs in the water. Once boiling, take off the heat and time for your perfect consistency

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Jar_Jar_Cans@reddit

This is the way.

Place eggs in cold water with 1 inch of water level above them.

Turn heat on high until water reaches a boil

Put lid on, turn off heat, and set timer for 11 minutes

Bam

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LisaChimes@reddit

This is the way I always do it. Then afterwards I put them in a bowl under cold running water & let it sit for a few minutes before peeling. Always cooked perfectly.

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throwaname777@reddit

You can just put em in running cold water and swish em around as you're doing so and you won't have to wait 10 minutes until they cool.

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MyNameIsSkittles@reddit

Nah it takes 10 min for them to cool completely regardless. If you rush it, you lose egg

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SuperWolf@reddit

turn off heat

move it off the heat too or leave it?

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Jar_Jar_Cans@reddit

Leave it

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-SlowBar@reddit

Damn 11 minutes? I do like 6-7 and the yolks come out perfect every time.

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Leather_Dragonfly529@reddit

What’s your elevation?

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-SlowBar@reddit

650ft

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Epicthy@reddit

This is how I’ve always boiled eggs

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MyNameIsSkittles@reddit

Don't forget to return the eggs to cold water and let cool completely for at least 10 min, for a better peeling experience

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DragonScrivner@reddit

This is the best way to boil eggs

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GrapefruitAlways26@reddit

I gently let them in with a ladle

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LeTr4p0@reddit (OP)

Yeah thats usually my mistake when boiling eggs.

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bun-Mulberry-2493@reddit

Why did she have to torture them before boiling them to death.

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putoelquelolea420@reddit

I just put them in cold water and let them heat up with the water, then time it when they boil. 7 minutes - hard boiled, 5 minutes soft boiled. They rarely ever split.

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Emergency_Testing@reddit

Do you start the time when its a rolling boil or when the bubbles start going to the top?

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Sandwidge_Broom@reddit

My method is to put eggs in cold water, put heat on high. Let water come to a rolling boil, then take the pot off the heat and put a cover on and wait about 10 minutes. You get set whites but super rich golden yolks. If I could embed images without going through dumb Imgur I’d show you eggs I made yesterday doing exactly that!

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Emergency_Testing@reddit

How violent is your rolling boil?

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Sandwidge_Broom@reddit

…I don’t know how to answer that?

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Emergency_Testing@reddit

Lol, sorry! I have been struggling my entire adult life to create perfect hardboiled eggs. The term “rolling boil” is kind of confusing.

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Sandwidge_Broom@reddit

Sorry? I’m just gonna have to give you the infuriating grandma response of “you know it when you see it” because it’s 7 am and I’m too tired.

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Emergency_Testing@reddit

Appreciate the help! Im sure youtube has a video

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Alewort@reddit

They look medium boiled, not hard.

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DifficultHeat1803@reddit

Wow. Impressive. 👀😂

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zacmaster78@reddit

I don’t remember off the top of my head how to do it perfectly, but if you just google it, you can get perfect boiled eggs in like 10 minutes lol

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12sea@reddit

I’m having the best look steaming eggs. They peel so much easier.

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Dork31@reddit

Welp they look solid and they are boiled so I guess she succeeded. That’s the thing about eggs - they tend to taste the same until you add cheese or whatevs

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CommieDog2525@reddit

Where's the rest of it?

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404-skill_not_found@reddit

I have more consistent results steaming them (13 minutes only). The thing is boiling methods let the membrane and white lock together making it really difficult to peel the shell off. Steaming appears to heat the egg faster than this locking action can happen.

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style-addict@reddit

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dzoefit@reddit

At least they look clean and peeled.

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wildstoo@reddit

You should try chicken eggs instead of your wife's eggs, tbh

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TheWizardOfWaffle@reddit

are those boiled quail eggs

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geccles@reddit

Try an instant pot. It steams instead of boils, and the shell cracks right in half.

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Dinostreams@reddit

You think this is a yoke?

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metalguy91@reddit

Well maybe she should try easy boiled eggs, start off slow

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IrisSmartAss@reddit

The eggs should start out with cold water and heated with the water and then boiled for 10 minutes or more, depending on the size of the the egg. This is very basic. When I've had an egg crack open during boiling and all of the white come out, I made soup out of the water, as in Chinese egg drop soup.

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LeTr4p0@reddit (OP)

Thanks for the tip!